Pennsylvania's history is rich in coal mining. It's future, however, can be secured with solar power generation.
The solar farm developer is expecting to produce enough energy to power 75,000 homes. The site is a pilot program of sorts, with future plans to convert more former coal mine sites across the region during the next five years.
Pennsylvania’s largest solar farm has been awarded $90 million and will sit on 2,700 acres of the shuttered Homer City coal plant’s land. The Mineral Basin Solar Project will be located on Homer City’s former coal mining land in Clearfield County, west of State College. It will fill a critical electricity generation gap following Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant‘s closure in July 2023.
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